Milwaukee`s east side landing calzone restaurant chain`s first Wisconsin location

A long-vacant east side convenience store will be replaced by a chain restaurant that bakes and delivers calzones, under a new proposal.

D.P. Dough Franchising LLC, whose business model focuses on baking and delivering calzones near college campuses, plans to open its first Wisconsin location at 1515 E. North Ave., according to a proposal reviewed Wednesday by the East Side Architectural Review Board.

That 2,500-square-foot building is a former Open Pantry store that closed six years ago.

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Ken Notes: We need legislation that creates adaptive reuse of vacated retail. I go nuts when I see a dark Walgreens just down the way from a brand new one...